Sentence examples for of a boogeyman from inspiring English sources
And although resistance certainly exists, it may, in some cases, be a bit of a boogeyman.
But Hamas making peace with Fatah is not as much of a boogeyman anymore.
But at the time, he was little more than a rumor just the faint outline of a boogeyman in the dark.
He marshaled pro-science forces to raise funds when he was supposed to go up against Smith, but it's unclear any of the other Republicans running to replace the veteran congressman will present as good of a boogeyman to scare donors.
The local paper, The Prince George Citizen, ran a full-page photograph of Boogaard with a Boogeyman theme.
I've learned that tapping into the hard stuff — whether it's the fear of loss or a boogeyman lurking in childhood memories — is what ultimately gives a story the power to leap off the page and grab you by the collar.
What accounts for this need of Iran as a boogeyman?
She also tried to refute the idea of China as a Boogeyman, saying its imports from the U.S. have gone from $2 billion to $20 billion in the last 10 years.
But when we conceive of homophobia as a boogeyman responsible for only the most obvious and egregious horrors, we miss the finer, nuanced, harder-to-see -- and therefore in some ways more dangerous -- moments that are also homophobic (however "polite" they might seem) and have very real consequences.
But supporters of the law argue that the specter of patient harm is a boogeyman, trotted out by an industry trying to protect its business model.
"When conservatives make the argument, 'Hey, the government needs to get out of the way and let you make decisions for yourself,' a lot of young people don't have this idea of the government as a boogeyman.
